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No. 249,355. Patented Nov. 8,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EBEN N. HIGLEY, OF GREAT FALLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,355, dated November 8, 1881.

V Application filed May 7,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN N. HIGLEY, of Great Falls, in the county of Strafi'ord and State of New Hampshire, have invented anImproved Last; and I do hereby declare that the followin g is a full and exact description thereof, ref erence being bad to the accompanying drawin gs, making part of this specificatione- Figurel being abottom viewof the improved last; Fig. 2, a top view thereof, the instep-block being removed; Fig. 3, a transverse section in a plane indicated by the line 00 m, Fig. 2.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

The body A of this last is made of cast-iron or other suitable cast metal.

My invention is an improvement 011 the patent for east-metal lasts granted to L. W. Shorey, February 3, 1880, and numbered 224,234, in which the leading feature is open pegginggrooves in the sole, as distinguished from grooves filled with some soft material to drive the pegs into. In that patent the remainder of thesoleis of solid metal,except two sockets to contain wood or similar soft substance to drive the insole-tacks into.

I find by casting a sunk recess in the sole,

I including both pegging-groovcs and all the in- 'termediate space, that the molding for casting is simplified and cheapened, not any core being required, as the under-cut is made by the wood, and that the whole lastis considerably lightened, thus obviating, in a great measure,

the only objection ordinarily made to metallic lasts-namely, their weight.

llhe space between the pegginggrooves a a is filled with a piece of Wood, B, or leatherboard, or equivalent light and cheap material,

the surface coming out flush Withthe general surface of the sole of the last. This wooden piece or block Bis secured in place by screws b'b, driven from the inside of the iron body, through holes cast therein, into the Wood. This wooden piece also .serves to hold the insole-tacks, and when it is worn too much for further use it is renewed at small expense.

I am aware that the Letters Patent of E. T. Green, dated October 30,1866, and numbered 59,209, show a partially metallic last with a wooden bottom sunk intoa recess in the solebut the wooden piece in that patent fills the entire cavity of the bottom, and has no function in subserving the formation and use of open pegging-grooves,as in the present invention; and I confine the scope of my invention to the wooden filling-block, in connection with open pegging-grooves at its edges. Therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I n a last having a cast-metal body, a wooden bottom piece, B, fitting a depression in the bet- I tom of the metal body, but leaving open peggin g-grooves aa atits sides, of the proper form, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

The foregoing specification signed by me this 28th day of April, 1881.

EBEN N. HIGLEY.

Witnesses: V J. S. BROWN,

H. A. HALL. 

